Dear Colleagues
A request for translation help. I a translating a poem in which the phrase 'im Kontakthof' appears.
The poet tells me this is the terminus technicus for the room where prostitutes line up in a brothel to be picked - though of course its an intriguing word in itself.
I have googled lots of English language brothel websites (my cookies are truly crumbled) but can't find an equivalent modern term.
Of course there are approximations.
But I'd be hugely grateful to know from German speakers whether this is a word they had ever come across in this meaning - ie I am trying to discover how recherche/ low / high it is;
and from English native speakers if they might happen to know whether there is an equivalent term.
Many thanks,
Karen
Prof. K.J. Leeder,
Professor of Modern German Literature,
Fellow and Tutor in German
New College
Oxford
OX1 3BN
UK
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